Title: Deen is Precious Transcribed By: Mufti Mohammed Desai
Transcript of Title: Deen is Precious Transcribed By: Mufti Mohammed Desai
Title: Deen is Precious Transcription of a Majlis delivered by: Hadhrat
Maulana Shah Abdul Hamid Is’haq Sahib Dâmat
Barakatuhum
Transcribed By: Mufti Mohammed Desai
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First Edition: Rajab 1437 / May 2016
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CONTENTS FOREWORD .............................................................................. 3
ISLAM WILL BE REGARDED AS A STRANGE RELIGION ................ 4
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS ...... 6
THE TREND NOWADAYS ........................................................... 7
THE PURITY OF DEENI KNOWLEDGE ......................................... 8
THE POEM OF JUDGE AKBAR ILAAHABADI ................................ 9
HADRAT THANWI REFUTES DARWIN’S THEORY OF EVOLUTION
.............................................................................................. 10
UNDERSTAND THE QUDRAT OF ALLAH ............................... 11
SUCCESS OF A MUSLIM BUSINESSMAN .................................. 14
WHO REALLY HAS MONEY? .................................................... 15
THE ERROR OF THE MALAYSIANS ........................................... 16
WHY IS SHAKESPEARE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS? ......................... 18
SPORTS .................................................................................. 19
VISIT TO GUYANA ................................................................... 21
JALSA IN TRINIDAD ................................................................. 23
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THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF IBRAHIM .................................. 24
ABSTAINING FROM WESTERN EDUCATION ............................. 25
VISIT TO GRANADA ................................................................ 26
BUILDING CHURCHES ON THE INCREASE ................................ 28
VISIT TO JAMAICA .................................................................. 29
A DREAM WITH GREAT GALDTIDINGS .................................... 30
UNIVERSITY CERTIFICATES HOLD NO VALUE IN DEEN ............. 31
THE LUSHNESS OF JAMAICA ................................................... 32
THE MERCY OF ALLAH ............................................................ 33
TASAWWUF IN THE HADITH ................................................... 34
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FOREWORD
In this Kitaab we have transcribed a lecture delivered by Hadrat
Maulana Abdul Hamid Saheb Daamat Barakaatuhum after
returning from a journey to England and the Caribbean Islands.
After visiting the various Darul Ulooms of England Hadrat
Maulana has outlined the harms that secular education has had
on Deen to such an extent the Darul Ulooms were not spared.
The trip to the Caribbean Islands has been discussed very
briefly. However, most important is that the people living in
various parts of the world have great desire for Deen and there
is always a need for Ulema to service these parts of the world.
May Allah accept Hadrat Maulana’s effort and grant us the
Taufeeq of acting upon the advices rendered. Ameen!
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ا
ام نہیں ہون
یوں قتل کرنے سے بچوں کووہ بد ن
رعون کو کالج کی نہیں سوجی
کے ف
اے کاش
طفل میں آینگے کیسے اطوارماں ن اپ کے
کا اور تعلیم سرکار کی دودھ بھینس
ISLAM WILL BE REGARDED AS A STRANGE
RELIGION
Allah has blessed the Muslims with the great wealth of Imaan and
Islam and preparation of the AAakhirat. Muslims have also been
given a great responsibility of carrying this message of Islam to the
non-Muslims. Rasulullah had come into this world and made a
great effort. He had prepared the group of Sahaaba who had gone
out into the world and brought people into the fold of Islam. The
distinguishing factor of Islam is that it is a completely different way
of life. It is mentioned in the Hadith,
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بدأ الإسلام غريبا وسيعود غريبا كما بدأ
Islam had commenced as a strange religion, and soon it will
become strange as it had initially commenced.
That is something that we Muslims should try and understand. We
want to make Islam compatible with the west and our worldly life.
We want a balanced lifestyle whereby we will live our worldly life as
well as act upon Islam. For example, Our women will wear a Burqa
but it will be a very attractive Burqa, so that people do not think that
Muslims are not beautiful or they do not know about fashion. These
fashionable Burqas are totally defying and going against what
Burqas are supposed to be.
We want to rub shoulders with the non-Muslims trying to show
them that we want to be businessmen similar to them. We are also
able to compete with them. The business of a Muslim is business of
the Aakhirat. A Sahaabi heard the Hadith wherein the virtue of
refunding a customer is mentioned. Rasulullah mentioned that
Allah will free such a person on the day of Qiyaamah. This Sahaabi
began dealing and doing business transactions on hearing the
virtues of refunding a customer. The Sahaabi had a flourishing
business on the doorstep of the masjid, but he closed the business
after six months. Some friends asked him the reason for closing the
business. He replied, “I was not doing business for the sake of
business, but I was waiting for the day when I can refund a
customer.” I have achieved that and gained the reward of the
Aakhirat.
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND NON-
MUSLIMS
So, a great distinguishing factor between Muslims and non-Muslims
is that our focus in on the Aakhirat and not on the Dunya. Whatever
we do is for the hereafter not for the Dunya. Also, another
difference is that we do everything for the pleasure of Allah. We do
not do anything to achieve results even though it is the effort of
Deen. A Ustaad has taught Hifz students for a period of twenty years
yet not a single student completed Hifz, such a Ustaad is not
unsuccessful. If we were the trustees of such a Madrasah, we would
say that this Madrasah is not producing any results therefore it
should be closed down. We are not responsible for results. We do
for the pleasure of Allah . Hadrat Thanvi says that if there are
five thousand students in your Madrasah but Allah is unhappy
and it is not accepted by Allah , then it is useless. On the other
hand you may have five students who may not even complete, but
Allah is happy with the efforts then one is 100% successful.
There were certain Ambiya at whose hands not a single person
became a Muslim. It is totally incorrect for one to think that the
Nabie was unsuccessful and he should end his mission. From this we
can understand that a Muslims way of thinking, outlook of life and
focus is completely different. As long as this does not come into a
few Muslims, the Muslims will not triumph in the world.
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THE TREND NOWADAYS
Today, we notice that everyone wants to live a western lifestyle
wherever they may be in the world. We then want to excel with
them on their western standards. We may excel as humans, not as
Muslims, then how will Islam excel? We boast that Muslim doctors
and engineers are very advanced, so we may excel in those
particular fields but we will not triumph in the world. We even go to
the extent of saying that we have top Muslim sportsmen as well, so
we want to excel with them in sports whereas those are not what
we should be involved in.
As mentioned in the Hadith that has been quoted above, Islam
began as a strange religion and will eventually be regarded as
strange once again. The Muslims will be regarded as a different class
of people. In the same Hadith Rasulullah says, “Glad tidings to the
strange people.” They are totally different to the others. They do not
think like the others, nor do they act like the others. These people
are congratulated and praised by Rasulullah in advance.
We have noticed that Muslims want to excel with the west in their
education. This is the trend in U.K., Pakistan, South Africa, etc. In
Pakistan, a girl will not receive a proposal until she has two or three
university degrees. A boy’s proposal is not considered unless he has
four or five university degrees. This is the trend amongst good
people as well, leave alone good people, this is the trend amongst
the Ulema as well. The Ulema have studied Quraan and Hadith
under senior Asaatizah, yet the Ulema then further their studies by
going to Jews and Christians to learn Hadith. The degree that we
acquire at university from these Kuffar is regarded as something
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superior. We should seriously think of which direction are we
heading towards.
THE PURITY OF DEENI KNOWLEDGE
Our friend Maulana Ayub Kachwi the secretary general of the
Jamiat-Ul-Ulema wanted to do a university course after returning
from India. He had seen Hadrat Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madni
who told him, “Do you want to urinate in a bucket of milk?”
Knowledge of Deen is milk and you want to put urine drops in there
(which is referred to the university education). Today we are striving
for these degrees including the Ulema and those that are running
the Darul Ulooms. In the various countries they are endeavouring to
get the Darul Ulooms registered with the universities so that they
are recognised. What are these degrees? What we require is
recognition from Allah , but we want recognition from the non-
Muslim universities. We want our course to be equal to their “B.A”
or “M.A”.
In many parts of the world, governments have made secular
education compulsory up to the age of sixteen. In the U.K. they now
want to increase this to the age of eighteen. They have great plans
in place yet we don’t seem to understand. They have various
objectives in this. The mothers of the school going children cannot
go to work as they have taken the responsibility of dropping and
picking up the children from school. If the children are in school
longer hours then it allows the mothers to go out and work and get
the kids used to their way of thinking.
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THE POEM OF JUDGE AKBAR ILAAHABADI
Judge Nazeer Akbar ILaahabadi was the appointed judge at the high
court when the British were ruling India. He was very educated in
the western field and had studied in the U.K as well. When he
established a relationship with the Allah Wala, he had also become
Allah Wala. He composed the following poem,
ا
ام نہیں ہون
یوں قتل کرنے سے بچوں کووہ بد ن
رعون کو کالج اے کاش
کی نہیں سوجیکے ف
By killing the children (Firoun) wouldn’t have been humiliated
What a pity that he didn’t think of opening schools and colleges
Firoun used to kill the male children and leave the female children.
He could have easily achieved this by opening colleges and schools
and he would have received the praises of people for giving
education to the people. This education is not education, but it is
poison. What type of poison? In one Islamic school here, Darwin’s
theory of evolution is being taught. They are teaching Muslim
children that we were born from monkeys. When the teacher was
approached in regards to the issue, he said that he has to teach it as
it is part of his syllabus. If this is being taught in our schools which is
total Kufr, then can we think of anything that is more poisonous?
Some children came from Makkah Sharif to study at the Madrasah.
The parents had come to leave the children. Our Haji Saheb
generally takes our foreign guests around, so he took them to the
Sterkfontein caves which is a huge plant of Darwin’s theory of
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evolution. Haji Saheb always listens to our talks, so he had explained
to them what Kufr this is.
HADRAT THANWI REFUTES DARWIN’S THEORY OF
EVOLUTION
Hadrat Thanwi has also refuted this in a beautiful manner.
Somebody requested Maulana to write a thesis refuting Darwin’s
theory of evolution. Hadrat said that there isn’t any need for that. So
the person said that many people are going astray. Hadrat said that
every person is entitled to claim his lineage and be proud of his
lineage. If a person is born in the Sayyid family, he claims to be a
Sayyid and is proud of it. Similarly, some say that they belong to the
Khans or the Mogul family. So, if these people claim to be from
monkeys and they are proud of their lineage therefore they are
trying their utmost to prove it
If someone’s father was a criminal, arrested and proven guilty, then
also the children will try and cover it up. If somebody discusses the
subject, he will be regarded as their enemy. However, these people
are at all odds to prove that their forefathers are monkeys. Allah
says that Insaan is Ashraful Makhlooqaat whom I have created with
My own hands. Allah does not have hands like us, but what it
means is that Allah made Insaan special. In so many verses of the
Quraan Sharif, Allah explains how He has created Insaan. Insaan is
actually an example of the great handicraft of Allah . If a person
wants to see Allah , then one should look at himself. In the Quraan
Sharif, Allah states,
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كم رون وفي أنفسي أفلا ت بصي And within your own selves (are Aayaat) as well. Do you not (ponder
over these and) see?
UNDERSTAND THE QUDRAT OF ALLAH
If any person looks at himself and cannot see the Qudrat of Allah,
there couldn’t be a more blinder person than him. Who is it that has
made the eyes, the brains, the heart, etc? We are not doctors that
have studied the anatomy of the body or anything of that sort, but
every person knows how the body is functioning all the time. If the
conceiving of the child, the formation of the child and the birth of
child is not a miracle, then what is it? Every parent is so happy about
the child. Our Sheikh Daamat Barakaatuhum teaches us that we
should remember Allah first and then make Shukr as Allah
mentions in the Quraan,
فاذكروني أذكركم واشكروا لي ولا تكفروني So remember Me and I will remember you. Be grateful to Me and
don’t be ungrateful.
The parents, grandfathers, love the child and are extremely proud of
the child. Who has made the child? We are amazed with a walky
talky doll, a fax machine, the internet, e-mail, etc., can’t we see the
maker of these things? Can’t we see the Qudrat of Allah ? The
Qudrat of Allah is so great in all things, yet we leaving that and
looking at other things. Our Sheikh gives a more convincing
refutation of Darvin’s theory of evolution. Our Sheikh (.D.B) gives a
simple answer to this, “In your Kruger National Park you got millions
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of monkeys. If one monkey had become a human being, then why
till today hasn’t another monkey become a human being as well?
You got three or four children, one became a Hafiz, another child
can also become a Hafiz, and in many families all the children
become Huffaz. One son is an Alim, and then another one also
becomes an Alim. One son is a doctor, another one also becomes a
doctor. So why haven’t you seen a second monkey become a human
being till today? This is all their monkey business which is a result of
taking Allah out of the equation, then stupidity and idiocy came
into them.
This is being taught in our Islamic schools and Muslim schools. We
have seen in the U.K. that children that start attending Darul Ulooms
at a young age also have to study secular subjects as the
government has made secular education compulsory. This cannot be
helped as secular education is compulsory until the age of sixteen.
Now they have introduced secular education up to the age of
eighteen which is A levels. Many Darul Ulooms are now pleased that
many students have graduated here and are now attending
university. This is very dangerous. Islam will surpass with Islamic
education which is the knowledge of Allah and not western
education. It does not suffice to merely have the knowledge of
Hadith and Tafseer, but one is required to know Allah and the
Qudrat of Allah . The Sahaaba were so simple in matters
pertaining to this Dunya that when they had gone to foreign
countries and the Roti would be made very thin due to it being
refined, they didn’t know what it was. They thought that perhaps it
was serviettes to wipe the hands after meals. They had heard that a
person gets physical strength by eating Ghee. They would eat a little
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Ghee and then feel immediately to see if they had developed
muscles. They were extremely simple in worldly matters but when it
came to seeing the Qudrat and Nusrat of Allah , they had excelled
to such an extent that they would not attack the enemy on the
battlefield until they had seen the angels descending. When they
would see the angels descending they would be certain that the
help of Allah is now with them. Regarding the worldly people, Allah
says,
رةي هم غافيلون ن يا وهم عني الخي ي علمون ظاهيرا م ين الياةي الدThey (the Kuffar) have (only) superficial knowledge of the life of this
world whereas they are negligent of the Aakhirat.
In another verse Allah explains the life of this world,
رة ليي الي وان لو كانوا ي عل ار الخي ن يا إيلاا لو ولعيب وإينا الدا مون وما هذيهي الياة الد The life of this world is a mere futility and play. Without doubt, the
life of the Aakhirat is true life. If only they knew.
In another verse Allah states,
ن يا إيلاا متاع الغروري وما الياة الد And the life of this world is merely an enjoyment of deception.
So, these verses state that the worldly life is only play, and those
that have knowledge of the world only have superficial knowledge
of the world. They do not even know the reality of the world. These
people do not have a slight idea of what Aakhirat is. A Muslim is one
that focusses on Aakhirat, whose eyes are continuously on the
Qudrat of Allah, the help of Allah , how to earn the pleasure of
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Allah and abstain from the displeasure of Allah . This is what a
Mumin’s life rotates on, not worldly material and the praises of the
people.
SUCCESS OF A MUSLIM BUSINESSMAN
The success of a Muslim business depends on the number of people
being assisted. If we were assisting ten widows last year, then this
year we should be assisting fifty widows. This is regarded as success.
At the time of death, our Rand and cents will be worth zero. If we
helped two hundred widows, spent on getting wells dug, spent on
orphans, helped Ulema and Darul Ulooms, etc. then these balances
will be carried forward into the Qabr. The investments of this world
will all remain behind. We’ve got to think about what we have done
for our Aakhirat.
Hadrat Uthman and Hadrat Abdur Rahman Ibn Auf were
extremely wealthy Sahaaba, but they had spent abundantly in the
path of Allah and Allah gives one accordingly as well. Allah
gives according to one’s giving and not according to one’s effort.
So, Western education has become god. In Karachi, almost every
second house is a English medium school and a Montessori. If we
can only understand what judge Akbar Ilahabadi had said that this
western education is no different from the killing of children by
Firoun. The only difference is that he was disgraced by his action
whereas a person that attains western education is regarded as one
that has great vision, whereas our success never lies in material
things. Our success lies in Deeni things and Imaani qualities.
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Wherever we travel in the world, we have noticed that this is one
thing that has captivated the Muslims.
WHO REALLY HAS MONEY?
I always give an example for this, in the initial stages of the Darul
Uloom when we had commenced building, we had gone to a little
town to a doctor for donation. After seeing the residence, car,
surgery of the doctor we expected to collect a huge amount. He had
given us such a sad story that eventually we felt like giving all the
funds which we had collected to the doctor as he seems to be more
in need. Why? In order to qualify as a doctor a person has to study
twelve years to reach Matric. Thereafter, one has to attend
university for approximately five to six years and thereafter one has
to do housemanship. The ordinary person does not have sufficient
funds to put up a surgery for his son. The doctor himself does not
have any funds as he has just completed studying. The father had
spent huge amounts to get the son to this level (where he has
qualified as a doctor). Nowadays, the boys and even the girls that
are studying at university want their own flat, car and cell phone.
They would not accept any ordinary cell-phone but they want a
phone that will suite them according to their level. What is the cost
of text books needed and university fees? So, they are not in a
position to start a practice. The only way to start a practice is by
getting a loan from the bank and the bank will readily assist as he is
in possession of a doctor’s certificate. This is regarded as modern
enslavement. In previous times enslavement was looked down upon
whereas today’s enslavement is prestigious. It is merely a change of
name and it has changed values. The bank will set the doctor up by
providing him with a house, surgery, equipment that is required in
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the surgery etc. which is all financed by the bank. This doctor is now
working for the bank.
If a person has a business partner, he will try and get rid of the
partner so that he enjoys all the profits. In this situation, the doctor
is just working for his partner. By the time the doctor pays the bank
off, the equipment is now obsolete. The cell-phone that is new on
the market today will become old fashion tomorrow. The computer
that you may be using today is outdated by tomorrow. Today’s
security equipment is out dated by tomorrow. So, by the time the
doctor pays for all these things they are outdated which means that
he has to purchase new equipment to keep up to the times. In this
way, the doctor works throughout his life for the bank.
We then left the doctors surgery and went to the shop next door
which was hardly lit properly. The shop hardly had any fixtures and
fittings, so we thought to ourselves, what will we get here?
Outwardly it seemed as though we are wasting our time, but he
gave us such an amount that we were shocked. In business Allah
has kept a lot of Barakah therefore we should rather go into
business and farming as Allah has kept a lot of Barakah in these
two fields.
THE ERROR OF THE MALAYSIANS
Some time ago, the Malaysians had explained to us that the Chinese
people had taken over the economy of Malaysia, as the Malaysian
people were going into various professions whereas the Chinese had
taken over the business sector. The actual rulers of a place are not
the politicians but the businessmen as whatever strings they pull will
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go into parliament. For example, The plastic packets that were
banned in South Africa, the major supermarkets had lobbied the
politicians to do so. The supermarkets were giving huge amounts of
packets free of charge. This was a loss for these supermarkets;
therefore they lobbied the politicians to ban these packets. Two
major supermarkets had paid the minister to get this scrapped, that
packets should no longer be allowed, as these two companies spend
approximately five hundred million Rand a year to distribute free
packets .This was discovered later on that the supermarkets were
responsible for getting this regulation passed .This shows that many
laws and regulations which are passed by the government are
according to the whims of the business people, as they got the
money such as the mining industry etc. Politicians only do what the
(business people) have to say. Many of them are not in power also.
Many governments are put into a governing position by other
governments and by the people of the country.
Rasulullah made Dua for Barakah in Business and for farming. The
nation requires food. People cannot do anything without food, it is
the farmer that supplies the food. I generally advise people to
remove their children from school by the time they reach grade ten.
If you train him for two or three years in the business, he can
continue running the business. For further four or five years he
should run the business under your supervision. When he is ready
for marriage, he will be able to purchase his own house, vehicle, etc.
Thereafter, the father can set him up and open his own business for
him and let him go his way. By doing so, there will be a lot of love
and unity amongst the family members. Such a person will become
totally independent and will be able to contribute towards society
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and he won’t be taking from society. Western education is just a
way to control our minds. By attending school, it is just not
schooling. There is much more attached to it. Very briefly, it is
where they kidnap the minds of our children. The body remains
yours in the sense that you will feed that body, clothe the body and
fulfil all the necessary needs and necessities, but the mind is no
longer ours.
WHY IS SHAKESPEARE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS?
Prior to 1994 (in the old South Africa), there was a national seminar
in the country at the government level. They had discussed various
aspects of schooling at great lengths. During discussion a question
was posed, “Why do we still teach Shakespeare at school?”
Shakespeare is old English (Victorian English) which is ancient
English and this type of English is not used any longer. There aren’t
any medical books, law books, engineering books which are found in
Ancient English. We speak the modern English and not the old
English. So, why do they teach the old English and not only is it
taught, but it is compulsory to pass English in order to get through
Matric. I don’t know if it is still a requirement to pass matric, but
some time ago I had found out it was a requirement. Usually, there
are three sections in English which is English grammar, essay writing
and literature, and most of the marks are allocated to literature. In
literature the most marks are allocated for Shakespeare. Without
studying literature, one will not get a Matric certificate. Why? They
have made it very clear that our reason for teaching Shakespeare is
to create a modern Christian westernised mind. The only way this
object can be achieved is by teaching Shakespeare. When a child
studies intensively till late at night, and does assignments etc. and
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he is so to say tearing Shakespeare to get to the depths of it, he is
actually getting indoctrinated with that without him realising it.
Therefore, a child that passes matric has a totally different mindset.
A child that is Gujrati speaking will now look down upon Gujrati. So
many of us look upon our own language? A person that does not
honour his own language, what is his value? Perhaps none of us
know our own language. We cannot even speak it, leave alone
reading and writing it. Allah has made languages for people. Our
learned people went to great lengths to formulate the Urdu
language.
Another thing we had seen in the U.K. which is coming out fully now.
The Malay people were the first to come to our South Africa and the
Indian people followed. This is approximately 120 years ago. In
England they have come approximately sixty years ago. They are
following the same trend that we had followed here (in South
Africa). Maulana Ayub Surti had a Jalsa and the theme of the Jalsa
was to revive the Urdu language. People were shocked that small
children were able to speak in Urdu in the dialogues that they had.
For us, we were unable to understand due to the influence of the
English language. A person that knows English is regarded as an
educated person. Language is not education. Education is something
else. This is one sad thing in which the Ummat is getting involved.
SPORTS
Sports is no more a religion for Muslims but it has become a god.
Today you are busy watching your cricket or soccer and nobody
should dare to even disturb you whilst the match is being watched,
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so much so that no phone call should come at such a time. A person
will shun his children so that he is not disturbed. If this is not god,
then what is it? A person shouldn’t be disturbed when worshipping
Allah , but if the phone rings in Salaah then we start thinking that
this must have been that important call which I was expecting. Some
people will go to the extent of breaking their Salaah and taking the
call. The Quraan Sharif is a joke in front of us, as we are busy talking
whilst reciting or instructing people to carry out certain work for us.
On the other hand, nobody must disturb us whilst we are watching
the opera, soap, sports or some film. These are great drawbacks for
us.
In the U.K. you will find Musallis coming to Salaah prior to the time
of Salaah which is quite different to other places. People will be
involved in recitation of the Quraan. You are able to have a
programme at any Salaah time. When Fajr Salaah was at 04.00 am
and Salaatul Esha was at 23.15, then also people will sit for the
programme. If the programme is short, they are prepared to sit
longer. This is a great quality amongst the people of England, that
the men and women have great thirst for Deen. On short notices
ladies programmes would be arranged. The people would say that
nobody would come as it’s a very short notice. We tell them to make
the announcement and a few phone calls. Even if a single attends, or
even if nobody attends, some Taleem will take place. They are
shocked that so many people turn up.
When we have our monthly Majlis programme on Laylatul Jumuah
at Homestead Park, Maulana Mansoor won’t even ask me to give a
Jumuah Bayaan as he knows I will get tired. There we used to have
seven eight programmes a day. Allah alone knows where we had
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derived the strength from. There we had to travel from one Masjid
to another. We travelled from South London to Heathrow airport
which was just twelve miles yet it took us an hour which was not
even during peak traffic. The traffic of London is well known. There
is a traffic congestion fee which is payable if a person enters a
certain area of London due to the traffic, and now the fee has been
increased to nine Pounds which is approximately one Hundred and
Fifty Rand. People travel long distances and late at night to attend
the programmes. Looking at the enthusiasm of the people Allah
gave us the courage and strength to have programmes even late at
night. It is also strange to notice that many Ulema go to the U.K. on
a regular basis from various parts of the world. Whenever you will
visit U.K. you will find many Ulema and there are many local Ulema
as well. In spite of so many programmes being conducted in the U.K.
people still have great thirst.
VISIT TO GUYANA
Regarding the Caribbean Island, West Indies, we had first visited
Guyana which is on the mainland of South America, and it is three
times the size of U.K. Although the Muslims are residing here for
many years, a lot of work is required here. They are still what we
would call in the infancy stage. They have requested Ulema to come
and settle in these places, which we will have to request from our
students. The greatest need of the time in these places is the
Makaatib. Alhamdulillah the effort of Jamaat is taking place, the
people do not really know of Khanqahs, the Ulema are the only ones
that know a little about Islaah. Regarding the Madaris, there are
Darul Ulooms but it is merely in name. There are just a few students
and the Taleem is also very lax. There is a lot that is required as far
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Tarbiyat is concerned. If one Alim can go to one country and
establish the Makatib everywhere. Guyana has got approximately
180 Masajid. Trinidad has got 120 Masajid. Trinidad is far better
than Guyana financially and Deeni wise but there are only twelve
Masajid that have Imaams, and neither are all of them Ulema. The
remainder of the Masajid hardly have anyone. Many of the Masajid
are such that Salaah is not even taking place. However, the need of
the hour is to establish Makatib.
May Allah reward our forefathers who had established Makatib
everywhere in South Africa. They had small Jamaat Khanas, Masajid,
and Makatib next to them. Also, when we had visited U.K. the first
time we had noticed that the houses were converted to Masajid. It
is not easy for the people of Malawai and Zambia to live in the small
houses of U.K. as they are used to big houses which huge yards. The
Masajid were also in these small houses. Today, Alhamdulillah there
are huge and beautiful Masajid that are being built everywhere.
These Masajid are on the increase.
Whichever place of worship is prominent in a place, we should
understand that such a place belongs to that religion. If you visit
India you will see that there are Mandirs everywhere. In Pakistan
you will notice that there are Masajid everywhere as it is a Muslim
country. When the communist rule came to Mozambique, the
muslims were allowed to have their Masjid and continue with their
Salaah. However, they had put a condition that the Masjid must not
look like a Masjid as they had understood the philosophy behind
this. If the Masjid is prominent in a place, it shows that such an area
belongs to that religion. Today, Alhamdulillah Allah’s system is
working that there are big beautiful Masajid in so many places, but
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another thing that we should be conscious of at the same time
which is a fine distinct line. In one area, a Masjid was built but the
Muslims did not have the funds to pay for it. In this case, the
contractors said that we will complete our work whereas
contractors do not do this. There is no need to worry, but you
should pay when the Masjid is completed. The people were unable
to pay and time was going on, so the contractors threatened to take
the matter to court. The Masjid was to be put up for auction and the
Seekhs were ready to purchase the Masjid. The Ulema then pleaded
with people to contribute towards the Masjid and get it released.
Why did they not have sufficient funds? The chandeliers were very
expensive, and the Masjid had many other extras which were not
required. It is quite in order to build a huge Masjid with a large
Minarah so that people are able to notice the Masjid, but there
shouldn’t be any wastage of funds.
JALSA IN TRINIDAD
In Trinidad there was the annual Jalsa of the Madrasah. We had
reached there at Jumuah time and the largest Jumuah in the country
is normally at this specific venue. The Jumuah is broadcast on TV
and the broadcasting crew were already there when we arrived.
May Allah reward the Alim who asked me whether it will be
acceptable to have the programme broadcast on TV. When I replied
in the negative, they complied immediately and removed all then
cameras. The principle had called me to inform me that the Jalsa will
also be broadcasted on two television channels. The government
wants to see what’s going on. We also have to be transparent; we
do not have to hide whatever we are doing. He had also mentioned
a few other things. I told him to give me an hour and I will let him
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know. I contacted Hadrat Daamat Barakaatuhum and Hadrat said
that there is no possibility of it. I then called the Maulana and
informed him that the government got their intelligence there as
well. The intelligence are not so foolish that they will not send their
people there. These people will record everything therefore there is
no need to have it on TV. The benefit of this media is that it reaches
people throughout the world.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF IBRAHIM
So I then told the Maulana that Allah states in the Quraan,
لج ي يتوك ريجالا وعلى كل ي ضامير يتيين مين كل ي فج عمييق وأذ ين في النااسي بي
And announce the Haj among the people; they will come to you
on foot and every lean camel, travelling from every distant road.
Allah commanded Ibrahim to announce to the people to
come for Haj. Ibrahim said, “O Allah, There isn’t anyone residing
here in Makkah Sharif.” The commentators have written that Allah
said that you should merely make the announcement. It is not
your responsibility to convey the message. It is My responsibility to
convey the message. When Allah conveyed the message, not only
was it conveyed to the people of the world but it was also conveyed
to those that weren’t even born in the Aalam-e-Arwah (world of the
souls). A person will perform Haj according to the number of times
he or she had said Labbaik by answering or responding to the call.
Such a person is not in need of a visa or passport as his arrangement
has been made due to him responding to the call by saying Labbaik.
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I also told them that I could have had this programme in South
Africa videoed and sent here to you. You could have then played the
video and watched the contents. Will the video have the effect that
you will find by my personal presence here? They all understood and
Alhamdulillah there are many people in the Ummat that still
understand these things. These people just need somebody to stand
behind, somebody that will support them for this. How many people
said, “If you make a statement and stand firmly by it, it will have a
great effect.”
At this Jalsa 17 students had graduated, of which 12 were girls.
Seven had completed Hifz (i.e. five girls and two boys). It was a great
thing for them. It was a bit odd for us as all of them were sitting on
chairs, and you go onto the stage with shoes. Allah had given us
Taufeeq that we removed our shoes before going on the stage. They
also trying to prove our Deeni education on western standards, by
saying that this is of that level etc. This causes our minds to think
that our success is according to western standards and the grades
that they have set.
ABSTAINING FROM WESTERN EDUCATION
In London, we went to a certain Darul Uloom and they wanted to
show the building to us. We told them that rather than having a look
at the building, we prefer addressing the students. They gave us an
opportunity and we explained the same thing to them. One trustee
that was there mentioned that a senior Alim from India had visited
us and he has written a Kitaab on western education. It is the need
of the hour to have western education. I told the need of the hour is
to abstain from western education as far as possible. Allah alone
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knows if we are correct but our conviction is that we are correct.
Nowadays, even the learned people feel that western education
should be introduced to such an extent that we are first shown the
computer room in the Darul Ulooms of India and Pakistan. We are
no longer shown the Darul Hadith or any other department of the
Madrasah. When the collectors come to South Africa, the first point
that they mention is that we have secular education in our Darul
Uloom.
One person was explaining that whether it is the Caribbean Islands
or the U.K., there are people from India that are still coming to
reside in these countries. These people do not know English. The
government also wants them to learn English. When the child comes
home, then such a child sings happily saying, “O our lord, thou art in
heaven” referring to Jesus Christ (Essa ). The parents do not even
know what it means, but they are proud that my child is learning
English at school. The child is being taught computers at school. By
the click of the mouse and press of a single button, what things
appear on the screen? They don’t know of these things. We may
think of them as an extreme example, but how many of us know
what is going on at school with our kids? Are we aware that our kids
are being taught Darwins theory of evolution which is poison to our
Imaan and to our life of Qabr and Aakhirat? It is being sanctioned
and allowed yet a blind eye is being thrown at it.
VISIT TO GRANADA
From Trinidad we went to Granada which is a little island (Caribbean
Islands), not the Granada of Spain. This is a little island with a lot of
prosperity. People are living good, comfortable, easy going lives
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here free of all difficulties. They had explained that three years ago
they had experienced a hurricane that had come from the Indian
ocean and hit Barbados on the outskirts therefore it did not cause
much damage. It was on its way to Florida in America. Suddenly, it
had made a complete U-turn which the weather forecast bureau did
not expect in the least and it hit Granada head on. The roofs of
almost every house had flown away. Before leaving, we had lunch
with a professor that was previously a resident of Zambia and is now
settled in Granada, and his roof had also flown away. In one room
even the ceiling has flown away. He explained that huge heavy
objects were flying around as paper flies around. We can imagine
what state of mind they might have been in. He said that he has four
daughters (young girls). The four girls and his wife were standing
against the wall, and the rain and wind of almost 250km/h was
battering the place. Trees, telephone poles, electric poles were all
uprooted. This lasted for fourteen hours. It had started at 14:10 and
terminated at 04:00 in the morning.
The local black people there are very kind and considerate. Although
they also had problems they came to offer help and they said that
there is a house that is opposite a four way crossing. It is a double
storey house, there was a slab for the top storey so the bottom
section of the house hasn’t been damaged. The people are all
gathering there, since you are an outsider you should take your
family, important documents and go there. This was at night. This
house which was in the corner was just two houses away but it was
a task to get there as there were trees, telephone poles, wires, etc.
lying on the road. He said that what would take them a minute to do
took them two hours to do. This was not all. After meals he
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explained that we didn’t have any water for five days. For an entire
month we did not have any electricity and food.
In the Quraan Sharif Allah says,
رون نوا مكر الل ي فلا يمن مكر الل ي إيلاا القوم الاسي أفأميAre they secure from Allah’s plan (punishment)? Only those at a loss
feel secure from Allah’s plan.
This was a beautiful place, with greenery everywhere and the
beautiful ocean. In spite of all the beauty and comfort the people
were afflicted with this calamity. In the Quraan Sharif Allah also
gives the example of a locality that enjoyed peace and security,
نة مطمئيناة يتييها ريزق ها رغدا م ين كل ي مكان فكفرت بي مثلا ق رية كانت آمي ن عمي وضرب الل ا كانوا يصن عون ليباس الوعي والوفي بي الل ي فأذاق ها الل
Allah Ta’ala gives the example of a town that was peaceful and
tranquil. Their provisions came to them in abundance from every
avenue, but they were ungrateful for Allah’s bounty so, because of
their actions, Allah caused them to taste the garments of hunger and
fear.
BUILDING CHURCHES ON THE INCREASE
The local people are all Christian people and there are a lot of
churches there. The local go to church regularly, and they are busy
building more and more churches. If there isn’t a church they will
pitch a tent there. In this place adultery is at its height. There is
plenty of nudity to such an extent that the women are not dressed
properly even when attending church. There is blasting music
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everywhere. The place where we had stayed in Barbados is the main
area where the music plays all the time, even at night. The word
“loud” cannot adequately explain the volume of the music being
played.
We had to take a fairy to a Darul Uloom that was two hundred
kilometres away. We had to wait in a queue whilst the fairies were
transferring the cars and people across. The car that was in front of
us decided to open his music. He had opened his boot and he had
huge speakers fitted there. He put them on full blast to such an
extent that the car began shaking. The local Christian people said
that this was god’s punishment on us.
VISIT TO JAMAICA
From there we went to Jamaica which is one of the furthest islands
and biggest island. When we got there, the welcome was very good.
In-spite of being the biggest island, there are very few Muslims
residing here with just twelve Masajid. Of the twelve Masajid, only
three or four are really functional. What does it mean when we say
“really functional”? There was a certain Masjid where we had
conducted all our programmes. There used to be approximately
eight people that would attend the programmes. On Thursday night
approximately fifteen people had attended the programme, so the
people were extremely happy. It was as though the entire country
got together. When the ladies programme would be conducted, only
two ladies would attend. That was also a great thing for them. They
have great thirst, whenever we finish a programme they want us to
continue. We were free in this place so I had told them that we will
have a programme after every Salaah, even if it is a few minutes.
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There is a great need in these places; we should go in the form of
Jamaat or for Khanqah programmes or in another form. Our Sheikh
Daamat Barakaatuhum says,
ر بن کرجہاں میں جاے رحمت کا اب
رس کے بجاے عالم یہ جل رہاں ہے ب
Become a cloud of mercy and go in the world.
The world is on fire, go and extinguish it.
A DREAM WITH GREAT GALDTIDINGS
One very close friend of our Sheikh Daamat Barakaatuhum is always
with Hadrat whose name is Ateequr Rahman. He had mentioned to
us that he saw Hadrat sitting on a huge ship and Noor from the Arsh
of Allah is descending in cascades on Hadrat. Hadrat is then saying,
“Go out and put off the fire.” He then saw me coming in a small
ship, filling up and going out. He also saw Hadrat Maulana Yunus
Patel Saheb filling up and going out to extinguish the fire. So, in this
poem Hadrat is saying that we should take the message of Deen and
extinguish the fire that is burning in the world. May Allah save us
from the fire of Jahannam, and from the Azaab of the Qabr. In this
world we are asked to make Dua,
قنا عذاب النار
Save us from the fire of Jahannam
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This is the bridge of Siraat upon which we are walking. The manner
in which we are walking here will be played out and the reality of
this will be shown. When you write you examination paper you will
get your results but the results will be handed out at a later stage.
Then only will a person know whether he has passed, failed, or got a
distinction. The result was already there when you wrote the paper
but you received it later on. Similarly, the result is already here
whilst we here in the Dunya.
One thing we learnt regarding our education. Education is what we
cherish. If one wants to be a doctor he will not go to an engineering
university. If a person wants Deen, he will not attend the secular
universities; he will take the education of Deen. On the contrary if
one wants Dunya, then he will take the worldly education. So,
education proves to us what we actually want. Another thing that is
camaflouged and looks nice to us, we are using Deens education for
acquiring Dunya.
UNIVERSITY CERTIFICATES HOLD NO VALUE IN
DEEN
One student was very proud that he had studied in Madinah
University and it is recognised by the universities in London and they
had given him admission. The certificate that he acquired from here
is displayed in his front room. These are the things that we are
giving preference to. So, we are using our Deen (religion) for Dunya
(worldly life). We have to actually use our Dunya for Deen and not
vice versa. If a person has a shawl which he uses for covering his
head, but he uses it to shine his shoe then it will be regarded as the
height of stupidity. The Shawl is not for shining shoes. Similarly, with
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Deen we do not shine our Dunya. This is the worst thing that a
person can do. This is hypocrisy for which Shaytaan is making an
effort all the time. The teacher of the enemies of Islam is Shaytaan.
Today, we are excelling in Deen. Previously you had an ox-wagon.
You now have a new car and you are moving at a speed. Shaytaan
will say that there is no problem, but Shaytaan will put you on the
wrong road, so you will be travelling at a speed on the wrong road.
Previously, our Deen was weak but we were travelling at a slow
speed. Now we have a good Deen but we are on the wrong road. So
we got to be very careful about the education system. Everyone
knows that education is the basic thing. Our education is the basis
of our Deen. Using our Deen’s education for Dunya is extremely
dangerous. This is what we got to try and protect ourselves from.
Sports, fashion and love of this Dunya is something that has spread
throughout the world. We should try and curb these things and get
our directions correct. As I say it is one picture in the whole world
whether it is South Africa,U.K., Granada, Guyana, Trinadad, Jamaica,
where ever it may be, it is the same thing.
THE LUSHNESS OF JAMAICA
Jamaica is very fertile. The last day that we were there, our host
requested that we take a walk after Asr Salaah. Two houses away
from the Masjid he had seen some lovely mangoes on a tree. He
called out for the owner from the gate. The owner came out from a
little cabin. He told the owner that you have lovely mangoes. The
owner asked, “Do you want some?” He replied in the affirmative.
The owner brought a little stick with a hook and they took down
these mangoes. The owner didn’t even charge any money. The fowls
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that run around there are free of charge. Whoever catches the fowl
can have it. There are fertile fields with plenty of oranges and sugar
cane. Whatever the Jamaicans eat is thrown out of the car window
and the land is so fertile that it begins to grow. So, the place is green
and fertile. The people living there are so very soft natured people
who are extremely helpful. If we can only make 10% of the effort
that we make for Dunya for our Deen in these places by opening
Makatib and running them. This is not only the work of the Ulema, it
is for the business people as well. If we send an Alim from here, we
must support him and see to his needs from here. The work of
Jamaat is greatly needed in these places, so we should go in Jamaat.
Similarly, do the work of Khanqah and establish a Ta’alluq with Allah
. If we sacrifice a great amount can be achieved. The people in
these places have a great liking toward South Africans.
As we were leaving Jamaica, one person expressed his appreciation
and was thankful that I had come there with my wife and effort was
made, as they had never seen something like this before.
Thereafter, our host informed us that he is the owner of a huge
holiday resort in the area, whereas one will not be able to tell that
he is such a wealthy person. The wealthy are also thirsty for Deen.
The real Deen should be imparted to the people which is according
the way shown by our Sheikh and the Buzurgs (i.e. showing the
people the mercy of Allah ).
THE MERCY OF ALLAH
Many people in South Africa said that we had never heard Hadrat
speaking of Allah’s punishment and Jahannam. What we always hear
is that Allah is forgiving and we should just turn towards Him and
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seek forgiveness. Whilst we were in Karachi, one person came and
said that I think Allah’s Azaab is upon me due to the problems that I
am experiencing. Hadrat said, “Taubah Taubah”; Allah is most
merciful of those that show mercy. This maybe a warning from Allah
. If a person is afflicted with little Azaab, then a person will be
unable to tolerate it. Whatever difficulties we experience in the
world is just warnings for us to rectify and correct ourselves. When
Deen is presented to the masses as Hadrat has taught us, then it is
acceptable, palatable and delicious to people. They want more and
more of it, whereas generally people get tired of Bayaans.
The people of U.K. said that we are prepared to send you a ticket so
that you may spend Ramdaan here. Come and spend ten days here.
All that we were able to tell them is that the ticket is not a problem.
We have such friends that take care of that, but you send us time
and we will come. If we don’t have the correct Deen then we will
spread darkness, or we will make Deen difficult for the people.
One person asked me, “Where did you study philosophy and
psychology?” I said that I studied it in the Quraan. There is no
greater philosophy and psychology than the Quraan Sharif. This is
actually the teachings of Hadrat. Normally we think that Deen is
hard therefore we have to make Mujahadah and practice upon
Deen, but Deen is absolutely delicious more than our food, but we
got to understand Deen.
TASAWWUF IN THE HADITH
Somebody told Hadrat Thanwi that there is no Tasawwuf in
Hadith. Hadrat replied, “That Hadith that hasn’t got Tasawwuf is not
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a Hadith.” Actually people haven’t understood what Tasawwuf is.
People have understood Tasawwuf to be some Karaamat
(supernatural acts), Wazaaif, Zikr. What is Tasawwuf? It is like a
person that is performing Salaah. That is Shariah. The internal
qualities of Salaah such as one’s concentration and connection with
Allah , is called Tasawwuf. A person is sleeping next to his wife but
he is really upset with her. She is absolutely close to you but there
isn’t any enjoyment. The other scenario is that a person is close to
his wife but he is pleased with her, such a person experiences great
enjoyment. Similarly, a person may be performing Salaah but there
isn’t any contact with Allah . Another Salaah is such that Allah is
pleased with you and you are enjoying your Salaah.
Zikrullah is not Tasawwuf. The Zikr that is being recited is the
outward form of Zikr yet a person has no contact with Allah . One
is that Zikr that causes a person to fall into a Trance.
ا ساچھا
ام لیتا ہی ن
گیا ن
اثیر دور جام ہے
ذکر میں ن
Allama Sulaiman Nadwi says that I had taken Allah’s name and
went into a trance. Zikr that is Ashiqaanah (done with the love of
Allah ). If a person makes the Zikr of Allah whilst he is feeling
sleepy and falling asleep, Is this Zikr regarded as Ashiqaanah. If a
person is busy making love to his wife but he is falling asleep, then
he awakens a little and makes love and falls asleep again. This is the
manner in which we make Zikr. If you are thinking of someone else
and making love, what love is that? Your wife won’t even know that
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you thinking of somebody else but Allah is well aware of what
goes through the mind of a person. A person is busy thinking of his
shop and various other things but he is taking the name of Allah, it
should not happen that Allah becomes angrier. However, Allah
is so merciful that we are taking the name of Allah . So, the Zikr of
Allah should be Aashiqanah (with love) and with concentration, then
such a Mureed will progress in a short span of time. This is basically
Tasawwuf which nobody can deny. Those that think of Tasawwuf as
something else such as Bid’aat, acts of Shirk, Rusoomaat, etc. then
such people will say that there is no Tasawwuf in Islam. Our Sheikh
Daamat Barakaatuhum says that the Tasawwuf we act upon is on
the Tariqa of Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam. May Allah give
us the Taufeeq on making Amal.
Dua for seeking protection from difficulty, wretchedness, bad Taqdeer, and taunting
of the enemies.
ءإن أعوذ بك من جهد البلاء ودرك الشقاء وسوء القضاء وشماتة الأعدا اللهم
O Allah! I seek refuge in you from severe calamities, and from the grips of ill hope,
and evil destiny, and from the taunting of the enemies.
In the first portion of the Dua we are seeking protection from all types of severe
difficulty and hardship. Hadrat Ibne Abbas explains by means of an example that
a big hardship is where a person has many children and no money. For example, he
has twelve or fourteen children, and each one has different need simultaneously. In
the morning each one of them have a need to have breakfast, and he has nothing to
give them, as he is poor. Somehow he might manage to give them breakfast, and
before he knows, it is time for lunch, and he has to look for something to feed his
wife and children again.
In the second portion of the Dua, a person is seeking protection from wretchedness
whereby the heart of a person becomes black. Hadrat Abdullah Ibn Masood
explains this by stating that a person commits such a sin which causes the doors of
Taubah to close, and such a person is deprived of Taubah.
In the third portion of the Dua, one seeks refuge from evil destiny as we do not know
what the next moment holds in store for us. The next phone call or the next knock on
the door can reveal some grievous news, therefore we seek protection anything bad
written in our Taqdeer.
In the final portion of the Dua, we seek protection from the laughing of the enemy.
Generally a person has enemies that are jealous of him, and they are waiting for
something to go wrong in his life, business, institution, etc. and they go around
talking of what had gone wrong, and people enjoy doing this.
N.B. For further information on various Dua’s refer to the Kitaab titled
“Masnoon Duas” which is available from Khanqah Akhtari library
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